LBOTT is visiting the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, located on the grounds of Old Mission Santa Barbara. But our WLBOTT tour group ran into a problem. We walked into this wonderful library, drinking our refreshing Slurpees and dressed in our Druid finest robes (except for Sister Magdalena, in her formal black habit), hoping to see […]
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Waiting for our Veggie-Spam Sandwich
Why does life have to be so hard? I invited Sister Magdalena’s boss, Sister Contraria, to have lunch at the Ladle & Lube. I need to get on Sister Contraria’s good side; it seems she’s concerned about Sr. Magdalena spending so much time overseeing Fred’s penance (remember the whoopee cushion incident?) We ordered vegetarian spam […]
“The air has become soup, and the soup is angry.” Two days ago, the WLBOTT HQ experienced an extremely unpleasant weather situation. Note the “Feels Like” temp: This “Feels Like” Concept We need to extend this concept to other areas of life, not just the weather. For example, when your wife says, “Do you have […]
The battle lines have been drawn. Today we’re going to explore Team Heresy .vs. Team Blasphemy. My son, Elder DZ, and I both agree that Blasphemy is more fun, but tends to get you into more trouble. Heresy requires you to, like, be smart and know stuff, and who has the time? How did we […]
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2001: A Food Odyssey
Clementine DuCinema, WLBOTT film critic, here. I am constantly humbled. I thought it might be fun to explore the masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey through a culinary lens. Was I ever late to the party! There’s a lot of sites devoted to this topic. But hey, what’s one more? How This All Started My fellow […]
Anyone remember the Holland Tulip Bubble? You may have been very young then – it occurred in February of 1637. It was a cold, dreary day, as I recall. Sadly…. The original Semper Augustus tulip bulb is extinct and cannot be purchased. Famous as the most expensive tulip in history, its signature red-and-white flame pattern […]
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Chain of Wisdom
Our youngest Elder, the scholar Elder DZ, is WLBOTT’s conduit for all culture involving people under 65. He takes the pulse of the younger generation. He recently describe an interesting property of Wikipedia – the Chain of Wisdom. According to Elder G: There is even a Wikipedia article about this: The Wikipedia philosophy phenomenon, sometimes […]
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Deltoid Dawn
Deep in the Louisiana Swamps, we learn of the legend of Deltoid Dawn. Legend has it that during the flowering of their love, her beau was eaten by an alligator. She pines to this day. Sightings from the 1930s In Modern and Ancient Folklore “Delta Dawn” by Larry Collins and Alex HarveyDelta Dawn, what’s that […]
The WLBOTT staff has recently begun a new volunteer activity: blood donors for mosquitos. Mosquitoes are the unofficial state bird of Texas right now. Always looking for ways to increase shareholder value, we’ve introduced a line of high-end mosquito repellent. The mosquito perfume market is tragically underserved. Paris has ignored the great frontier for too […]
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Tide & Twine™: The Littoral Collection
WLBOTT, at the forefront of fashion, is introducing a kelp and crustacean line. The Crustacean Cloche Business Attire Footwear The Barnacle Birkenstock Hermit Crab Inspired Line The Claw Heel The Fashion Show Our Weavers Now let us turn our attention to the hardworking Peruvian kelp weavers that make all this possible. Wearing their native dress, […]